DON WADDELL.

As a general manager he's been a disaster. Building talent: Brad McCrimmon should be a head coach by now but he's not Waddell's boy, he was a Hartley partisan, and pays for it by having to stand next to that buffoon on the bench night after night. Draft: Dany Heatley (who had obvious character issues) and Patrik Stefan (nuff said). Forwards: Couldn't keep Marc Savard, gave big bucks to Ray Ferraro in the "Me First" phase of his career; lost Donald Audette and Andrew Brunette to bungling, but held on to Per Svartvadet three years too long; Defensemen: gave up on Joe Di Penta, Braydon Coburn, Frank Kaberle, Brian Pothier, Mike Weaver, Kurtis Foster, Stve Staios, but thought Uwe Krupp, Alexei Zhitnik, and Jaroslav Modry were excellent additions. Go back to the expansion draft: Dennis Vial, Mark Tinordi. Goalies: Damien Rhodes, Norm Maracle, Pasi Nurminen, Byron Dafoe, and his idea of a "goalie coach" is Steve Weekes, who is still around because he's hermetically sealed onto Waddell's backside. The Marian Hossa fiasco: "I don't care how much money you offer -- I've got enough money, and you guys aren't going to win anything." Even Team USA couldn't play with him picking players and coaches. It's been ten years and they have fewer playoff appearances (and no wins) than the Falcons during that time. Ticket prices are up, the team's standings are down, the players want to quit, and it's tough watching a player we've come to respect, Ilya Kovalchuk, looking like he wants to hang himself every night. I liked Waddell at first; he went out of his way to connect with the fan base; but during the first season, when they traded for Hnat Domenichelli without bothering to find out if he had a US work permit, we all should have known.

I won't bring up the genuine hand-carved solid oak toupee.

There are two people in Atlanta who played one career NHL game: Waddell, and the ECHL team's assistant coach, Cam Brown. I'd say Cam Brown has a brighter future in hockey at this point. Waddell made his bones building the Orlando Solar Bears in the IHL. They were dirty on the ice and never managed an NHL affilliation. WE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN!!!!!

Tommy Tubberville: The man should have just one job - hawking pomade. It may be out of date, but it's the right product for him.

Nick Saban: This man should be shoelling pig poop on a prison farm. Surely, someone's got the goods on this incubus. Give him up to the law!

Darth Visor: He needs a more humbling life experience - vice principal, study hall monitor, part-time janitor, and coach of a seven-man high school football team in some small, mid-America town.

I think that Danny Maciocia should be fired by the Edmonton Eskimos. The Eskimos, one of only two remaining community owned teams in the CFL, are a proud organization with equally proud fans who hold the team to a high standard. With another team a coach who had won the championship as recently as 2005 would be untouchable. With the Eskimos, however, it is unforgivable that they have missed the playoffs the last two years straight. That makes three times in my lifetime that my great team has failed to reach the playoffs. On a team that includes such names as Johnny Bright, Warren Moon, Dave Cutler, Jackie Parker, and Brian Kelly such performances year after year are simply unacceptable.

Ian Long
Saskatoon SK

Brian Sabean. The Giants are awful right now. He has had plenty of time and money to make a good team, and it keeps getting worse.

Isiah in charge of the draft? So he got lucky with Balkman and David Lee. But don't forget this is also the guy who decided(as the Pacers Head Coach) at the last minute to ignore Donnie Walsh's reccomendation and pick Fred Jones over Tayshaun Prince.

Matt Millen

Andy Murray!

Has lost the players.

No continuity with the constant line shuffling.

Doesn't know how to use/develop young talent.

How can anyone forget Kevin McHale? His best moves have been getting rid of his previous horrible moves.

Bill Self? What in God's name is his name doing on a list of coaches that should be fired? The man has won four consecutive conference championships, has an 81% winning percentage the last 5 years, and is excellent at recruiting, developing players, and in-game coaching. Just because he's suffered two first round upsets and hasn't been able to get over the Elite Eight hump doesn't make him deserving of unemployment. If this column were written two years you would have recommended firing Billy Donovan, who had a terrible tournament record and a much worse regular season record than Bill Self.

Amen. Matt Millen. Fire Millen dot com.

Pat Riley, what kind of coach leaves his team every time they are not doing well?

Pretty sure Weber took Self's team to the Championship game and only 2 losses. Self couldn't do anything with that U of I squad except assemble them. The best thing about Self going to KU is that I despise them so much, it is good to know they cant win a Nat'l Championship while he is there.

The Rams are bad, but Scott Linehan is worse. He has got to go!

Bill Self? Smoke much?

Kevin McHale is a no-brainer addition to your list. Trading Roy for Foye, Ray Allen for Marbury, Cassell and a first-round pick for Jaric, long-term deal for Troy Hudson, drafting Ndudi Ebe (?) - Where does it end?!?!

Rich Rodriguez......Players are leaving his program, getting sued by former employer, can't land the big recruit, and is bringing a gimmicky carnival offense to a (former) storied program that WAS known for cultivating pro quarterbacks and recievers.

Enjoy the single T option, Michigan Community College!

Bill Self has never coached his best assembled teams, such as Illinios in 04-05. Give the man a break, he is a damn good coach. Oh, and just to throw it out there. Illinois' records with Bruce Weber:

04-05: 37-2
05-06: 26-7
06-07: 23-12
07-08: 16-19

Looks like progress to me, but hey, he did have a "coach of the year" season with somebody elses players so he must be better than someone who has missed the Final Four a couple times.

Yeah, look at the bang up job Weber's doing now...

The tennesee titans uniform.
The milwaukee bucks

Paterno and Bowden

Matt Millen....has no idea how to draft, has no idea how to hire a successful coach, has no idea how to WIN!!

Millen was a great player, and it's unfortunate that success went to his head and he allowed himself to believe he would be a good GM/Player developer. He needs to be ousted, if for nothing else, to resurrect a loyal fan base!

HELLOOOOO!!! Can you say MATT MILLEN!!! He should be put out thursday morning with my trash!!!

Dan Snyder and Vinnie Cerrato

Mike Nolan
He is an arrogant egotistical incompetent, who along the Yorks is ruining a great franchise. The great past players and the fans are staying away in droves. Sounds like an organization that wants to move. The 49ers are the most boring team in the NFL to watch now. Nolan can't even cheat right as they get penalized for tampering with a player they say they never wanted. O well at least he has one less draft pick to screw up, i.e. V. Davis, A. Smith etc. although he did get Willis right.

Nolan is a good coach though, the 49ers shouldve looked like the Jags last season. But the OC left for the Chargers in the last minute, too late to find a good OC and too late for the offense to learn new terminology. Plus the passing of Bill Walsh and commemorating him with the BW helmet sticker hyped up the teams who played against a team with astounding influence on the way the game is played today. Oh and Nolan and continued his suit deal through the season added to the fire (unlike Delrio who quit after teams were to hyped up against him). The next thing you know week 4 your starting QB is down and your OC is flippin out because all the Defense does is blitz 8-9 guys every down. I dont think Nolan is going to get fired that easily.

Belichick

Um, You are a Moron... How did you get a column on SI.com, and how come no one knows who you are? It must be because you bought your way onto the staff, and dont know a football from a Basketball...

Give it up and go sell insurance or something..

YOU SUCK!

matt millen for ineptness.
bobby petrino for pulling the rug out from every team he has ever coached.

"Brian Sabean. The Giants are awful right now. He has had plenty of time and money to make a good team, and it keeps getting worse."

Um... except Sabean is a GM, not a coach.

I agree with the last post. You are a moron. How does Washington and Self make your list but not Millen or a dozen other guys? Your explanations suck as well. Maybe you should try pumping gas.

In defense of Mike Nolan, he inherited the worst team in the league, one that had a dysfunctional front office, a talent deprived roster and an owner who was learning how to run a frnachise on the fly. The drafting prior to Nolan, circa Terry Donahue, was horrendous - Rashaun Woods, et al. The drafting was so poor that the 49ers do not even have a first round selection that survived on the team for the last 6 years. Give him one more year before you levy the axe.

Who is Danny MacWhatever and what league are the Edmonton Eskimos?
Better yet, WHO CARES????????

Millen is a GM, you should read the title carefully befor posting it says "Coaches who should be let go" (Although I would have to agree on canning Milling...He is running the Lions further and further into the ground)

randy wittman

Ron Prince -- Football Coach at Kansas State. He took a once proud football program and made it a joke in the Big 12. All of his assistants are rats leaving the sinking ship, The Athletic Director bailed becuase he was responsible for hiring Prince and that absurdity -- Frank Martin. He talks about strengthening the schedule and now he wants to breach a contract with Fresno State becuase the non-conference schedule is just too hard.

Bill Self, amazing coach but he just can't get over the power houses in college basketball like Bradley and Bucknell.

Say goodbye to larry loser,i mean legend he can,t draft and his trades are insane. The guys out of touch with todays game. Should have got rid of J O while he was worth ANYTHING. Thanks for the bad memories

I'm not a Kansas fan at all (GO CATS!!!), but Bill Self does not belong on this list. He might not have won the big one YET, but he is an elite college coach.

I don't recall Roy winning a championship in Kansas either.

Dan Snyder and his know nothing flunkie Vinny Cerrato. cerrato is a joke among NFL front offices and only keeps his job because he's Snyder's buddy and tennis partner.

How could you forget Mike Woodson??????

why is Self on this list? even without the win against davidson. he's been a hell of a coach for tulsa, illinois, and kansas. he's just not been fortunate to have that championship calibar team, until the last couple years. we'll have to see how he fars against ole roy.

As a Kansas fan, I am offended by seeing Bill Self on this list. I cannot believe that you have overlooked his success with the highest winning percentage at KU, even higher than good ol' Roy had during his tenure, not to mention his 4 straight conference titles and 3 straight conference tournament titles.
While I realize that you are judged by your Final Fours and Natl. Titles, Self has represented KU with nothing but class and done an incredible job at bringing in top talent and getting them to buy into the team concept, burying their egos for the good of the team. I can only hope that come Saturday night, all of Jayhawk Nation sees just how much better off they are under Self.

Rock Chalk Jayhawk!

Hey people, While I do agree with every GM and owner listed, THIS is about coaches and not GM's and owners. The poster boy for living on borrowed time has to be Isaiah. He was a great player but what's happened in New York has really hurt his legacy.

My choice would have to be John Gibbons of the Blue Jays. Not only has he lost the respect of his clubhouse, but he's been given a far better team of talent (and payroll) of any recent BJ manager and he hasn't been able to get the job done. I know their in a tough division, but expect him to be fired before the end of the year.

Ron Washington? Give the guy a break - he works for the worst owner in pro sports and the team really seemed to respond to him during the second half of the season. As for teixeira, there was no way was staying in arlington.

George Carl

How can you have one of the best shooting guards in Al Iverson, a budding all star (though overated) in Carmello Anthony, the reigning defensive player of the year Marcus Camby, the elusive Kenyon Martin who's having a great turn around year ,and Nene, Anthony Carter, Lines Kleiza, and a three point specialist in JR Smith and a solid force in Najera and still end up struggling to make the playoffs, regardless of the 50 wins they'll have this season.

joe paterno and bobby bowden, give it a rest and die already, neither team has won anything since 1880. forever texas, in austin

kansas fans need to relax, you live in a state of nothing. cornfields and farms. you havn't won anything since danny manning, youhave no pro hoops, your baseball team is minor league at best. (k.c royals.) your nfl teams can't draft or win even with priest and/or joe montana, no hockey. you guys cry too much and your coaches should all be fired everyone for living in that state. long live texas. longhorns!!!!

Regarding Self, would you like some salad dressing with your crow? He now has won more championships than Roy Williams did at Kansas.

Good call on Bill Self?????

Marvin Lewis
Too many thugs, kept too long

Bill Self at #5 before the National Championship was comical to say the least. How the hell you could put him on a list of coaches who should be let go is rediculous. Now everyone knows exactly why.

BILL SELF.

Haha this is great to look at now. Bill Self just signed a 10 year 30 million dollar contract. Guess he proved you long, and he did it without Roy's boys too.